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MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES
210.829. Jurisdiction, venue, severance--effect of failure to join action for necessaries.
210.829. 1. The circuit court has jurisdiction of anaction brought under sections 210.817 to 210.852. The action maybe joined by separate document with an action for dissolution ofmarriage, annulment, separate maintenance, support, custody orvisitation, except that in any action instituted at the requestof the division of child support enforcement by a prosecuting orcircuit attorney or attorney under contract with such division,if an action for dissolution, annulment, separate maintenance,custody or visitation is joined hereunder, it shall be severedupon request. Failure to join an action for reimbursement ofnecessaries provided with an action brought under sections210.817 to 210.852 shall not be a bar to subsequently bringingsuch an action for reimbursement of necessaries provided.
2. A person who has sexual intercourse in this statethereby submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this stateto an action brought under sections 210.817 to 210.852 withrespect to a child who may have been conceived by that act ofintercourse. In addition to any other method provided by rule orstatute, including sections 506.160 and 506.510, RSMo, personaljurisdiction may be acquired by personal service of summonsoutside this state or by certified mail with proof of actualreceipt.
3. Notwithstanding subsection 2 of this section, personaljurisdiction may be asserted over any person if there is anybasis consistent with the constitution of this state or theUnited States.
4. An action brought under sections 210.817 to 210.852 maybe brought in the county in which the child resides, the motherresides, or the alleged father resides or is found or, if thefather is deceased, in which proceedings for probate of hisestate have been or could be commenced.
(L. 1987 S.B. 328 ยง 8, A.L. 1993 S.B. 253, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1491 & 1134 merged with S.B. 508)Effective 7-1-94